Open AccessBLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS – KOMENSAL CZY PATOGEN?
Author(s) -
Aleksandra Duda,
Danuta Kosik-Bogacka,
Natalia Łanocha,
Sławomir Szymański
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pomeranian journal of life sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2719-6313
pISSN - 2450-4637
DOI - 10.21164/pomjlifesci.7
Subject(s) - blastocystis , medicine , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , feces
Blastocystis hominis (B. hominis) is a cosmopolitan protozoa which parasitizes the human large intestine. This parasite had been considered to be commensal of the large intestine for a long time, because even an intense invasion may be asymptomatic. However, this species is now being regarded as a parasitic organism. In this paper the latest data concerning the epidemiology, diagnostics and treatment of B. hominis invasion have been cited and discussed.